Norvic Philatelics - GB New
Stamps and Special Postmarks

The Europa
theme this year is
Children's Literature and Royal Mail is celebrating these
events with a set of six Stamps and a
special Miniature Sheet depicting characters and text from the
Winnie-the-Pooh story by A A Milne, featuring original illustrations by
E H Shepard.

A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London, and grew up at Henley House
School, Kilburn, a small public school run by his
father. One of his teachers was H. G. Wells who taught there
in 1889–90.

Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named
Christopher Robin after his son, and various characters inspired by his
son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh.
Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named
"Edward", was renamed "Winnie-the-Pooh" after a Canadian
black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military
mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The
pooh" comes from a swan called "Pooh". E. H. Shepard illustrated the
original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent
bear"), as the model. Christopher Robin Milne's own toys are now under
glass in New York.

Winnie-the-Pooh was published in 1926, followed by The House at Pooh
Corner in 1928. A second collection of nursery rhymes, Now We Are Six,
was published in 1927. All three books were illustrated by E. H.
Shepard.

Technical details:

The conventionally
gummed
stamps
and miniature sheetare
designed by Magpie Studio and are printed in lithography by Cartor
Security Printing. The stamp size
is 37 x 35mm.
The miniature sheet
is 115
x 89mm, with stamps 35 x 35mm.

All images are Copyright Royal Mail
2010.

Products
issued:
Mint set
Mint miniature sheet
Presentation Pack (contains set and MS)
Set on PO FDC
MS on PO FDC
Set of 11 Stamp Cards

Special
Postmarks
Postmarks available for the day of issue will be shown below
these may not be to scale. NOTE:
These
postmarks
cannot be obtained after the date
of issue.

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